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windows audio endpoint builder???

"Windows Audio Endpoint Builder" service will not startThe audio services worked fine at first. But after optimizing the system for gaming and security, the "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder" service fails to start. It gives the error: "Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable" This is required for the "Windows Audio" service, so I have no sound now....

Sound & Audio

Windows 7 UAC blocking Symantec Endpoint Protection scan windowHi,
I'm running Windows 7 on a secure domain with many GPOs applied, SEP client is also installed.
When running a scan, either by right-clicking on a file and selecting "scan for viruses" or from within the SEP client window, I get an error message "Symantec Endpoint Protection could not open...

System Security

Weird behavior of Audio Service and Audio Endpoint BuilderHi,
Since this week, I'm experiencing strange behaviors of my sound installation.
At times, the Windows Audio Service does not start. The "Audio Endpoint Builder" and the "Multimedia Class Scheduler" do have started. I tried some fixes, like changing the NDIS value (which led me to completely...

Sound & Audio

Windows Audio Endpoint Builder Consumes High Memory?I recently applied windows 7 updates, didn't see what was updated since it frequently updates something. After that the memory usage increased from normal 30+ percentage to 50+ percentage. I checked with task manager it was svhost.exe and the service it was running is the "Windows Audio...

Performance & Maintenance

Windows Audio Endpoint Builder issueI've noticed high CPU utilization on that one particular service from time to time, sometimes hitting as high as 85,000k in Windows task manager, and I'm not even running anything with sound on it at that particular moment. I've tried Googling for answers but the issues most people are running...

Performance & Maintenance

Audio Endpoint Builder Service Not StartingHello,
My system's sound suddenly stopped today. I checked the speakers and they are working fine. I also reinstalled the drivers but to no avail. I opened Windows Sound in Control Panel and there it mentioned that the Windows Audio Service wasn't working. I tried starting it and I got a message...